désinfecte

\de.zɛ̃.fɛkt\

/\de.zɛ̃.fɛkt\/ verb

The verdict

“désinfecte” is uncommon French (frequency #80,152 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,152
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de désinfecter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desinfecte · désinfecte · French

désinfecte · rank #80,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,152
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dérégler

Nearest frequency peer: dérégler (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “désinfecte”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “désinfecte” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for désinfecte
PropertyValue
Headworddésinfecte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.zɛ̃.fɛkt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,152
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “désinfecte” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).désinfectese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dérégler » (#80,150), « détrempe » (#80,154), « dépénaliser » (#80,149). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

désinfecte is uncommon French at frequency #80,152 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zɛ̃.fɛkt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

désinfecte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is désinfecte, spelled D-É-S-I-N-F-E-C-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de désinfecter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de désinfecter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de désinfecter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de désinfecter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de désinfecter.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "désinfecte"?
"désinfecte" is spelled D-É-S-I-N-F-E-C-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zɛ̃.fɛkt\.
What does "désinfecte" mean?
As a verb, "désinfecte" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de désinfecter.
How do you pronounce "désinfecte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désinfecte" is \de.zɛ̃.fɛkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désinfecte" come from?
"désinfecte" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "désinfecte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list